Joan AllenLaine HansonSavaraTV movie
The Contender
Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.
DramaThriller
Starring
Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges
Directed by
Rod Lurie
About
The Contender
DramaThriller
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.
Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.
Information
- Released
- Oct 13, 2000
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US, GB
- Rating
- R
- Directed by
- Rod Lurie
Production
- Studio
- Cinerenta
- Studio
- Cinecontender Internationale
- Studio
- Battleplan Productions
- Studio
- SE8 Group
Cast
People in this story
Joan AllenLaine Hanson
Gary OldmanShelly Runyon
Jeff BridgesPresident Jackson Evans
Christian SlaterReginald Webster
Sam ElliottKermit Newman
William L. PetersenJack Hathaway
Saul RubinekJerry Tolliver
Philip Baker HallOscar Billings
Robin ThomasWilliam Hanson
Kathryn MorrisPaige Willomina
Mike BinderLewis Hollis
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